At jiveSYSTEMS, we teach small businesses, sales professionals, and online marketers how to leverage the tools and strategies that put them in the driver’s seat of their businesses.

Unboxing a new computer, with all its shiny new parts and clean surfaces, is a fun activity. Turning it on for the first time, however, can leave you with a bad taste in your mouth.

Study after study has shown that larger monitors and multi-monitor displays increase productivity, especially when doing complex, cognitively loaded tasks.

Earlier in the year, I was chatting with Thom McFadden, a Hollywood actor and professional acting coach. The premise for our conversation: making the knowledge of the Hollywood stars accessible to small businesses.

Even the best and most practiced web video users still feel anxiety when getting ready to record a video. But it’s okay to be camera shy, as actor Thom McFadden tells us in a 5 minute video regarding camera anxiety.

Every tool I list in this post can be used for free! Some of the services have paid options, but I have yet to upgrade to any of the paid options. The free versions work just fine!